darlenee1

Hey everyone! Long time, no chat I'm almost done with grad school, and searching for a job. In my downtime I've been watching Mad Men, so I've recently discovered a love for bourbon drinks. Last night (and every night this week) I had an old fashioned. Delicious!

Ran out of room for the wines, and can't think of a good quote for now

mommadeb1

kylemittskus

tytiger58 wrote:How is that drinking? They were pretty light if I remember correctly.

Medium-bodied. This was my last bottle. Bummed, actually. I really liked it and none of my bottles had secondary ferm like other people reported. It had this mineral streak throughout the palate that was really nice. I bought some '10 Roussillon to replace them. Kind of pumped about the Languedoc-Roussillon right now.

"If drinking is bitter, change yourself to wine." -Rainer Maria Rilke

"Champagne is a very kind and friendly thing on a rainy night." -Isak Dinesen

rjquillin

White Oak Cab from a few weeks ago tonight. No complaints for < $9 delivered Tuesday bottle on Thursday night. Dark but not inky purple, plenty of fruit and some wood, no heat to speak of, but not a Wellington or even a Meeker.

k1avg

kylemittskus wrote:Medium-bodied. This was my last bottle. Bummed, actually. I really liked it and none of my bottles had secondary ferm like other people reported. It had this mineral streak throughout the palate that was really nice. I bought some '10 Roussillon to replace them. Kind of pumped about the Languedoc-Roussillon right now.

Bah! Mine are spritzy as all heck. It's decent when still, but it takes about twenty minutes with the Vacu-Vin to get there, and it's just not worth the effort.

Had my first bottle of the Roessler Red Label last night, bottle-shock-be-damned. Good stuff - not as elegant as the Bluejay, but definitely nothing like the slick, heavy, cheapo California Pinots you can normally get at that price either. Perfect weeknight bottles.

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rjquillin

kylemittskus wrote:Some absolutely lovely Caramel Cream Rooibos tea (only a sample; more must be found!), followed by some Jack Daniel's Honey.

Now that sounds really tempting. A local purveyor here markets some 'Red Garden Chai' that is Rooibos based and I purchase by the pound. I've easily had 1600 ml this afternoon/evening, but doing taxes I need something a bit stronger. Jack or Lagavulin coming right up. Where do you find your Carmel Cream?

kylemittskus

rjquillin wrote:Now that sounds really tempting. A local purveyor here markets some 'Red Garden Chi' that is Rooibos based and I purchase by the pound. I've easily had 1600 ml this afternoon/evening, but doing taxes I need something a bit stronger. Jack or Lagavulin coming right up. Where do you find your Carmel Cream?

It was by Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, but they don't have it on their website and amazon has it listed but unavailable. SWMBO got a single serving sample from somewhere, though. It was quite good.

"If drinking is bitter, change yourself to wine." -Rainer Maria Rilke

"Champagne is a very kind and friendly thing on a rainy night." -Isak Dinesen

cortot20

kylemittskus wrote:It was by Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, but they don't have it on their website and amazon has it listed but unavailable. SWMBO got a single serving sample from somewhere, though. It was quite good.

cmaldoon

1984 Raymond Reserve Napa Cabernet Sauvignon - amazingly alive and vigorous for a 28 year old wine. This was lovely and did not taper off much over the hour+ of dinner. Good solid cherry with a hint of blackberry fruit. Baking spices and a very balanced touch of oak finished out every sip. The acid went well with dinner and this was just an all around tasty wine. There were times that my g/f was talking to me and I took a sip of the wine and was so obviously lost in the bliss that she had to pause her statement and continue when she found that I was present again.

1989 Corison Napa Cabernet - Cathy's 3rd vintage and an off year for napa. I pulled this cork out whole ( Cathy uses good quality closures). The tobacco and leather wrapped the cherry flavor in a comforting blanket. This wine somehow seemed older than the Raymond from the night before but it was anything but dead. A more straightforward cherry flavor, bright not dark followed smoothly with a complete flavor profile through a smooth finish. This wasn't as good as the '84 Raymond but if this is Cathy in an off year, I can hardly wait for the '87 and '91 bottles I have.

mommadeb1

beefytaco

https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=1354688A superlative Provence rose. It was hot here in NYC today, and I wanted something fun to cheer up the chore of packing. Heading to PR for a week, so I imagine that I'll be drinking a ton of Rum for the next 8 days!

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Also, in the interest of full disclosure- I'm ITB, selling wine for a living. None of my wines have ever been featured on Woot though, so don't fear the shilling.

bkarlan

edit: The second glass is knock your socks off good. 1.5-2 hours in the decanter is what it needed. The bold flavors are now really prevalent and the peppery spicy is still there. There are too many things going on to really describe. Wow this is good stuff.

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